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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	295	530

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.